On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 10:12 -0600, Steve.Peng at Sun.COM wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a way to add more panels w/o closing the existing windows? I > am running snv_41 on my desktop and I have couple of windows openned and > easily fills up the panel area and I will have to > close some to make room so I can click and bringup the menu and add more > panels into it.
A couple of options spring to mind: - Change the maximum width of the window list applet (the one that shows you which windows you have open). You can do this by right-clicking on the vertical bar on its left-hand side, and selecting Preferences. In the Size tab, reduce the "maximum size" setting (the default is very large, 4096 IIRC) until the applet begins to shrink on the screen. This will leave you some blank space on your panel, that you can use to access the right-click menu or add additional applets. - Add "Hide buttons" to your panel. The advantage of doing this is that you can always right-click on the arrows to open the panel menu, even if the panel itself is completely full. To do this, you need to open the menu by right-clicking on a blank area of the panel (or if the panel is full, select it with Ctrl-Alt-Tab, then press Ctrl+F10). Then select "Properties", and check the "Show hide buttons" option. A button will appear at either end of the panel. Cheeri, Calum. -- CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer Sun Microsystems Ireland mailto:calum.benson at sun.com Java Desktop System Group http://ie.sun.com +353 1 819 9771 Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems
